ERG phenotype of a dystrophin mutation in heterozygous female carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 316-322

  Fitzgerald, Kathleen M ^a   Cibis, Gerhard W ^a,b   Gettel, Ann Headrick ^a   Rinaldi, Robert ^a   Harris, David J ^a   White, Robert A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dystrophin; Electroretinography; Muscular dystrophy; Retina

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032927748     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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